Here?sa bright and attractive collection of twenty traditional Christmas songs andcarols intended for the elementary pianist or keyboard player. The notation is kept as simple as possible and musical elements such as dynamics,articulations, phrasing and slurs are omitted completely. The piano part,which also includes chords, is printed in large type.It's an ideal item for schools, and especially piano teachers for some seasonal sight-reading for students. The chords are printed below the stave rather than above, to allow space for fingering suggestions. Fingerings are omitted during repeated passages or when the fingering is considered obvious.

Elementarypianists rarely have the opportunity of playing in an ensemble. The mainfeature of Colin Kirkpatrick?s Really Easy Christmas Collectionis that it?s fully compatible with the Optional Instrumental Pack, a setof instrumental parts transposed for a selection of popular instruments. It is available here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21394520 Whilethe Optional Instrumental Pack is primarily intended to play along withthe piano, the arrangements use flexible instrumentation and can be used entirely on their own without the keyboard part, thus giving you extra flexibility.

Thebook contains the following well-known Christmas carols and hymns: Angels fromthe Realms of Glory (Melody: Gloria); As with Gladness, Men of Old (Melody:Dix); Away in a Manger (Melody: Mueller); Deck the Halls (Melody: Nos Galan); Ding!Dong! Merrily on High (Melody: Bransle de l'Officiel); God Rest You Merry,Gentlemen (Melody: God Rest You Merry); Good Christians All Rejoice (Melody: InDulci Jubilo); Good King Wenceslas (Melody: Tempus Adest Floridum); Hark! TheHerald Angels Sing (Melody: Mendelssohn); I Saw Three Ships (Melody: I SawThree Ships); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Carol); Joy to the World(Melody: Antioch); Oh Christmas Tree (Melody: Tannenbaum); Oh Come all yeFaithful (Melody: Adeste Fidelis); Once in Royal David's City (Melody: Irby); SilentNight (Melody: Stille Nacht); The First Nowell; The Holly and the Ivy (Melody:Holly and the Ivy); We Three Kings and WeWish You a Merry Christmas.

20 Jazz Piano Christmas Carols for Intermediate Players

Joy to the World, Jingle Bells, The First Noel, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Deck the Halls, O Holy Night, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, O Come All Ye Faithful, All Through the Night, Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, Ding Dong Merrily on High, Go Tell it on the Mountain, Greensleeves, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Up on the Housetop, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Auld Lang Syne

Theselively arrangements are intended for the elementary pianists or keyboardplayers. While some duets are more challenging than others, the notation hasusually been kept as simple as possible and musical elements such as dynamics,articulations, phrasing and slurs have been omitted completely. To make thingseasier for the players, the piano parts are printed in large type with Primoand Secondo parts on separate pages. In the Secondo part, chordsare printed underneath the staff (rather than above) to create space for thefingering suggestions.

Elementarypianists rarely have the valuable opportunity of playing in an ensemble. Themain feature of the Really Easy Christmas Collection for piano duet isthat it?s fully compatible with the Optional Instrumental Pack, a set ofinstrumental parts for all 20 songs in this collection. The Instrumental Packcontains (a) full scores of each piece plus a set of parts in varioustranspositions. It is available here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21394520 

Theduets include the following well-known Christmas carols and hymns: Angels fromthe Realms of Glory (Melody: Gloria); As with Gladness, Men of Old (Melody:Dix); Away in a Manger (Melody: Mueller); Deck the Halls (Melody: Nos Galan); Ding!Dong! Merrily on High (Melody: Bransle de l'Officiel); God Rest You Merry,Gentlemen (Melody: God Rest You Merry); Good Christians All Rejoice (Melody: InDulci Jubilo); Good King Wenceslas (Melody: Tempus Adest Floridum); Hark! TheHerald Angels Sing (Melody: Mendelssohn); I Saw Three Ships (Melody: I SawThree Ships); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Carol); Joy to the World(Melody: Antioch); Oh Christmas Tree (Melody: Tannenbaum); Oh Come all yeFaithful (Melody: Adeste Fidelis); Once in Royal David's City (Melody: Irby); SilentNight (Melody: Stille Nacht); The First Nowell; The Holly and the Ivy (Melody:Holly and the Ivy); We Three Kings and WeWish You a Merry Christmas.

Theaudio examples include several other instruments using parts from the OptionalInstrumental Pack.

This piano album contains sheet music for over 20 of the most popular traditional Christmas carols:

Angels We Have Heard On High
Away in a Manger
Carol of the Bells
Deck the Halls
God Rest You Merry, Gentleman
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
I Saw Three Ships
In the Bleak Midwinter
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
O Christmas Tree
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O Holy Night
Silent Night
The First No�l
The Twelve Days of Christmas
We Three Kings
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
What Child Is This?


The vocal melody and full lyrics for each song are included.

Written with great care and attention to detail, these piano arrangements make for rich-sounding instrumental solo pieces, but also beautiful piano accompaniments to sing along.

Let's go caroling! Gather round the piano with "Best Book of Christmas Carols" piano edition! Caroling Leadsheets (melody/chords only) also available for purchase .

for Piano, Voice, and Guitar arranged by Cynthia Marie Dillard
Table of Contents
(Piano Score)
Away in a Manger p.4
Deck the Halls p.5
Jingle Bells p.6
Joy to the World p.8
Silent Night p.9
We Three Kings p.10
We Wish You a Merry Christmas p.11
What Child is This p.12

Bonus:
First Noel (piano duet) p.14
O Come, O Come Emmanuel p.20
O Holy Night p.21
O Little Town of p.24
Bethlehem

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Volume One of Six familiar Christmas Carols BOTH Lead sheet arranged which includes Intros, fills, Harmonic changes,INCLUDED a Companion Fully scored Treble and Bass Clef version. Also included Two levels of Chord Pattern Guide for the Left Hand. CHurch School Piano Solos Intermediate Level.